"...The heart pumps faster, there is an unnoticable(at least to the people around) increase in breathing rate and a slight tensing of the muscle..."
No, I'm not describing what happens when boy meets girl. Rather, it's what I experience before each injection and dental visit. I have a phobia of needles and I dread going to the dentist. That's why I shun blood donation, queue last when it comes to vaccination jabs and procrastinate when it's time to visit the dentist. I've always been afraid of needles and scaling from young!
Now, what do we get when we put dentists and needles together? ... My nightmare - a horrible, gut wrenching , torturous wisdom tooth extraction! Wisdom tooth extraction procedure:
1) Injection will be given to the jaw area to numb the area.
2) The gum around the tooth is retracted and moved to one side.
3) Some of the jaw bone around the tooth is removed.
3) Often the tooth is sawed into 2 pieces before it is removed.
4) The gum is then repositioned and stitched. The stitches will be removed 1 week later.
I went to the dentist recently for a check up to see if I needed to extract the two wisdom teeth I have. This checkup was to clear me for my training overseas. Most of my friends with wisdom teeth had to extract theirs. Then came my turn... I entered the room, greeted the dentist and quickly took my place at the torture chair. The checking of my teeth was uneventful and when he was done checking, he asked if my wisdom teeth was giving me problems. "No problems" was my answer and his next sentence is the thing I want to give thanks to God for! He mentioned that my wisdom teeth is embedded in the bone and there is no need to extract it! Can you imagine my relief?! Whew!!
I want to give thanks to God for sparing me from wisdom teeth extraction. He is indeed merciful and gracious. A great and wonderful God is He! Who can control whether one would have have wisdom teeth or not, or if the wisdom teeth grew in a way that required it to be extracted or not? Who can control uncertainties and unknowns? Only the Creator of this universe can!
"Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?" -Exo 15:11
"To the only wise God our Savior, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen." -Jud 1:25
